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WHOPPER TRIUMPHANT Carries 122 Pounds to Notable Success in Pontchartrain Handicap, Runs Mile and a Sixteenth in 1 :4.4 to Beat Stand Pat by Neck, With Sir Michael Third. DETROIT, Mich., June 27. Those Detroit ers present for Discoverys hollow victory in the Detroit Challenge Cup last year and also lucky enough to be among the large gathering at the Fair Grounds this afternoon, saw another great handicap performer under colnrs when Hal Price Headleys Whopper picked up the top impost of 122 pounds to be a handy winner of the second Tunning of the ,000 added Pontchartrain Handicap, feature of one of the most attractive programs of the Motor City spring and summer season. Running the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:44, within three-fifths of a second of the track mark, the son of Phara-mond II. reached the end a neck before Stand Pat, which carried E. F. Seagrams colors into second place seven lengths in the van of Sir Michael, from the stable of Arthur Gaignard, Jr. Whopper, which had previously won three of his eight starts, added ,040 to the coffers of the Blue Grass breeder and made his earnings for the year 2,320. Earl Steffen rode a confident and well judged race and at no time did he put. the son of Pharamond II. under severe pressure. Steffen rushed Whopper to the front when the lightly weighted Pokeaway attempted Continued on thirty-eighth page. WHOPPER TRIUMPHANT Continued from first page. to show the way during the run to the back stretch. Unable to draw clear when Stand Pat supplanted Pokeaway at forcing the pace, Whopper was permitted to hold only a slight advantage, but Steffen allowed him to increase his stride and this was the downfall of Stand Pat, which was unable to go along with him. During the run through the stretch Whopper proved the best in a strong gallop and the big colt was in hand at the end. Sir Michael and Marynell were strong factors throughout and while the latter tired, Sir Michael held on in good style. For more than three-quarters Azucar was a distant trailer, but he made up ground in the stretch to be three lengths back of Sir Michael and a neck before Marynell at the end. Sir Jim James showed little and Pokeaway quit. Whopper was four to five choice. After an all-night rain skies cleared and the racing strip was whipped into good, condition for the program. The crowd, attracted by ideal overhead conditions, was estimated at 12,000, and favorites were again in the minority. The Tucker Handicap, for three-year-olds and the supporting feature, resulted in a nose victory and the second straight triumph for Earl Porter when Southern Way lasted to beat Lovely Girl by a nose at the end of six furlongs. Rosselli was third, a nose before Combahee and four lengths in the wake of Lovely Girl. Sprinting into a long lead during the first quarter. Southern Way, which was making his first start under F. A. Griffiths colors, disposed of Pelerine during the run to the stretch and, despite tiring in the drive, held on to beat the fast-finishing Lovely Girl. Rosselli and Combahee swept down on the outside to be a nose apart at the end, and the picture was called for before Rossellis number was displayed. Pelerine, which carried the top impost of 118 pounds, was an ll-to-10 choice. Favored by a soft track, the consistent Ladino chalked up his third victory of the meeting and his second straight score in leading Wild Pigeon, Baydrop and three others to the finish of the first race. Working his way forward from a belated beginning, the winner wore Wild Pigeon down in the drive to be well in hand and three parts of a length before him at the end. Bay-drop was always a strong factor, and All Devil was badly handled. Ladino was the favorite. Another horse to be disqualified in a previous effort made good when Lonmeg carried Mrs. G; H. Pearces colors to victory over the well backed All Rowes, Idle Flirt and four others in a driving victory in the third race, at one mile and a sixteenth. Racing Hoptoit into submission after five-eighths, the winner, which was ridden by Lee Hardy, held on in fine style to be a length before the fast-finishing All Rowes at the finish. Planetoid, stakes winning daughter of Ariel, which was beaten in the Moslem Temple Stakes, made amends for that effort and qualified for the renewal of the Woodward Stakes to be offered on closing day when she was an easy winner of the fourth race, for which five other star juveniles were under colors. Yellow Tulip, under the top impost of 118 pounds, was second, four lengths back of the winner and a neck before Miss Marlboro, which was much the best of the others. Ridden by Earl Porter and the first in motion, the winner, which carried 115 pounds, the same weight allotted Little Upset, Planetoid took command at the start to make every post a winning one. Forced to lose ground, Yellow Tulip overtook the leaders in fast order to best the tiring Miss Marlboro in the last stages. During the opening three furlongs, Mak-ign Time, Little Upset and Star Singer were in close quarters and when Yellow Tulip swept down on the outside of them they gave way steadily. Over a track classified as good, the winner turned in a sparkling effort in running the distance in 1:06,
